As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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This is such a great posting.....I just learned that my DD is taking her girls (2 DGDs) to Washington DC next month. I can make them each a "smash book"......and test my abilities. I was thinking of "adopting" your idea and making it/them for a trip that I (hopefully) and friends are taking to WDW in Sept. So, now I can practice with the girl's books.......This is going to be so much fun developing ideas.......now to get the books and supplies .....and get started. Thank you so much for sharing this idea.
This is such a great posting.....I just learned that my DD is taking her girls (2 DGDs) to Washington DC next month. I can make them each a "smash book"......and test my abilities. I was thinking of "adopting" your idea and making it/them for a trip that I (hopefully) and friends are taking to WDW in Sept. So, now I can practice with the girl's books.......This is going to be so much fun developing ideas.......now to get the books and supplies .....and get started. Thank you so much for sharing this idea.
You are welcome! If I were doing it again, I would go ahead and divide up some of the pages especially if you are making it for kids. For example make a page ahead of time for the travel there, make a page for them to write about their hotel. Leave a few pages blank to place pictures and postcards for each day. You could include a map so they can track their route, or a map of the city to mark where they went. There are so many possibilities. This is also a GREAT way to get kids to write on their vacation!! There are a lot of YouTube videos on this...just type in travel journals and you should get some ideas. I also found some great ideas on Pinterest.
Very cool! I really like the different Mickey heads for each person & day. Even though my boys are little I think I could still do this - I'd just write for them.
Very cool! I really like the different Mickey heads for each person & day. Even though my boys are little I think I could still do this - I'd just write for them.
That would be a great idea!! By the way, I used your idea for the countdown notecards with the Mickey Heads for our trip in 2010. I have since loaned it to others use as their trip countdown!!! Many thanks!!!!!!!
That would be a great idea!! By the way, I used your idea for the countdown notecards with the Mickey Heads for our trip in 2010. I have since loaned it to others use as their trip countdown!!! Many thanks!!!!!!!
You're welcome! I love this place and all the sharing we do with each other.
By the way, I used your idea for the countdown notecards with the Mickey Heads for our trip in 2010. I have since loaned it to others use as their trip countdown!!! Many thanks!!!!!!!
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I would love to see these........another idea to adopt
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I would love to see these........another idea to adopt
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me too!
Here are is my version....Oh Toodles! did a much better job. I was in kind of a hurry when I made these 3 years ago since I made 5 copies of it because we had a family of 9 going on our trip! I simply went to Home Depot and got the Mickey Mouse paint chips (this was before I had a Cricut....if I was doing it now I would simply make them) I used the bright colored index cards and punched a hole in the corners and attached them together with a ring. I found that a metallic sharpie worked best on the darker Mickey heads. I found the trivia online and in the Walt Disney World Trivia Books. For a better version, look up Oh Toodles! posts, like I said, hers are much better.
Here's mine: I did basically the same thing although I have a Mickey punch and used black construction paper then used whatever # day it was to include a trivia fact. I also used a silver metallic sharpie to write the days on the Mickey head. I did these for both our June & December trips that year - with different trivia for each.
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